Sports Attack Junior Hack Attack Baseball Pitching Machine

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Louisville Slugger Black Flame Pitching Machine

Last updated September 2023

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Sports Attack Junior Hack Attack Baseball Pitching Machine

8.5

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Louisville Slugger Black Flame Pitching Machine

7.8

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An outstanding option for youth league, backyard, travel teams, drills at all levels including high school, college, and professional. It offers a higher speed range, greater versatility in the types of pitches it can throw, and a longer warranty period. Great for people who see themselves as serious baseball players.

A reliable option for youth league, backyard, travel teams, and drills. It throws baseballs at speeds up to 50 MPH and is the official pitching machine of Babe Ruth and Pony League Baseball and Softball. Great for people who see themselves as casual baseball players.

Speed

Throws right and left handed curves, sliders, split fingers, knuckle and fastballs up to 70+ MPH

Speed

Throws baseballs at speeds up to 50 MPH

Versatility

Can throw ground balls, line drives, pop-ups, and 250 ft. fly balls

Versatility

Interchangeable components allow for throwing strikes, high fly balls, and ground balls

Portability

Extremely portable, fits into any compact car

Portability

No batteries or electrical cords required

Recommended Use

Recommended for youth league, backyard, travel teams, drills at all levels including high school, college, and professional

Recommended Use

Official pitching machine of Babe Ruth and Pony League Baseball and Softball

Warranty

5 years for motors, controllers, and wheels; 2 years overall

Warranty

60 days against defects

Price Range

$2,599.00 - $2,899.00

Price Range

$117.26 - $238.86

Solid machine

July 30, 2023

I looked at several different machines and landed on the junior. Haven’t used it much but no regrets so far. Will be using it with 10u and up over the next few years. I had a hard time deciding between the full size and the junior and for my purposes I think junior was the way to go. It’s very mobile, but at the same time it’s just big enough that much more weight and bulk with one person would be a pain back and forth to cages and fields from home. If portability isn’t a priority (or you always have an assistant) then consider full size. The groupings stay fairly tight and to be fair I’m not at full speed and am using a mixture of leather covered balls (instructions specifically say same type of ball). Overall though, lots of strikes. One thing to add, the instructions don’t mention a lever to adjust left/right, but under the swivel lock they’ve added a threaded turn lever to fine tune left/right so you don’t have to move the rear leg unless you need a larger adjustment. The instructions I downloaded didn’t mention it or label it on the diagram, but it’s there and it works.

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Efficient, mostly consistent and worth the money

August 19, 2023

It was delivered today and we used it tonight. It was quick and simple to assemble. Got to the field and it took three test pitches to get it dialed in and on target. From there it was load and toss, load and toss, load and toss... We then switched easily to fly balls, and then ground balls. Again, load and toss in rapid succession. Overall, we were able to get in a ton of reps and practice in a short amount of time, much more than we would ever get with throwing the balls myself. This will also pay for itself after a few uses since we don't have to pay for batting cages anymore. The only minor issue is the slight inconsistency when pitching. I'm not sure if it's due to pulling the lever at different speeds (as mentioned in some other reviews) or if it's the softballs I'm using. I have a few different brands and types of softballs so it could be that (some have raised seams, etc). I might get a dozen rubber pitching machine balls to see if helps. Either way this shouldn't stop you from buying this machine.

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